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In article <-september.org>,, Dave Doe says...
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/killskypehome/
>
> I ditched MSN/Live Messenger years ago due to it's obtrusive advertising
> - and now that Microsoft have added an obtrusive 'home' window on Skype
> startup - I'd like to ditch Skype too.
>
> (I reckon Microsoft are intentionally killing off Skype, now that they
> own it).
>
> This wee util will kill off the 'home' window that pops up in the latest
> Skype.
>
> That'll do for me now, while I find an alternative. So um... can anyone
> suggest a good, free, video/voice based chat client? TIA.

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In article <-september.org>, Dave Doe <> wrote:
>In article <-september.org>,
>, Dave Doe says...
>>
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/killskypehome/
>> I ditched MSN/Live Messenger years ago due to it's obtrusive advertising
>> - and now that Microsoft have added an obtrusive 'home' window on Skype
>> startup - I'd like to ditch Skype too.
>> (I reckon Microsoft are intentionally killing off Skype, now that they
>> own it).
>> This wee util will kill off the 'home' window that pops up in the latest
>> Skype.
>> That'll do for me now, while I find an alternative. So um... can anyone
>> suggest a good, free, video/voice based chat client? TIA.
>There is a pretty large list I'm looking at here...
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instant_messaging_clients
>Although I have a Linux box, I'd prefer to run it on my Win7 lappie (so
>I'd prefer a Windows based client).
>My current shortlist is: aMSN, Google Talk (says it requires a plugin
>for video though) and Pidgin.

What about this ... The EVO (Enabling Virtual Organizations) System
(http://evo.caltech.edu) ?
Last I saw of the "meeting/video call feature", it was pretty good.

On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 23:31:43 +1200, Dave Doe <> wrote:
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/killskypehome/
>
>I ditched MSN/Live Messenger years ago due to it's obtrusive advertising
>- and now that Microsoft have added an obtrusive 'home' window on Skype
>startup - I'd like to ditch Skype too.
>
>(I reckon Microsoft are intentionally killing off Skype, now that they
>own it).
>
>This wee util will kill off the 'home' window that pops up in the latest
>Skype.
>
>That'll do for me now, while I find an alternative. So um... can anyone
>suggest a good, free, video/voice based chat client? TIA.
Logitech Vid HD is one ....... also OoVoo

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